warhammer 40k terrain ideas

[Mr.Jamaka2]

i need some help on ideas for my map. its based on ultra marines defending a post against the necrons so the engineers arive to build the giant robot thing whose name i forgot cause i havent played it in awhile. now since its based off a desert theme i need some ideas on the landscape and stuff.

 

[Gilles]

Use desert themed stuff? I would use maybe some black citadel. Wasn't it all gray? (I play DoW: Dark Crusade)

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

well in the last campaign when your the marines and your building the giant robot thing werent they in the desert or something?

 

[KKRP]

In Dark Crusade I don't recall the Ultramarines. Perhaps your thinking of Winter Assault where the Cadian 412th regiment of the Imperial Guard and Chaplain Varnus' Ultramarines try to fix the Titan Dominatus while being attacked by Orks, Chaos, and Necrons. That was on Lorn V, an ice world. So you should use a snowy tileset. (Lordaeron Winter, Northrend, or Icecrown Glacier)

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

yea! thats it haha in dark crusade there has nothing to do with the ultramarines.... sorry i'm not up-to-date on my warhammer 40k atm

 

[Craka_J]

If you don't plan on adding custom tiles, then maybe Dalaran Ruins would work pretty well. It looks dark, creepy, and fits the Warhammer style best out of all tilesets I think.
As far as models go, I highly recommend you download custom skins and models for those.
~Craka_J

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

yes but i'm just saying that its not the dark crusade i'm talkign about winter assault when they make the robot. and i did check it and it was a winter tile set

 

[Craka_J]

Use the Northrend tileset then. The Icecrown tileset is more of a snowy temple type of tileset, while Northrend is more of a snowy outdoors type of tileset.
~Craka_J

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

awsome thx alot

 

[Gilles]

I still seem to remember a gray world. It's been a while since Winter Assault.

-off topic- I can't wait for DoW2!!

 

[MadseN]

OFF TOPIC - I can't Agree more hehe, DoW is a great game !

 

[Wraithwynd]

i need some help on ideas for my map. its based on ultra marines defending a post against the necrons so the engineers arive to build the giant robot thing whose name i forgot cause i havent played it in awhile. now since its based off a desert theme i need some ideas on the landscape and stuff.

Landscape:

Desert... what kind?

There are wastelands - which are rocky, semi-sandy with dead stuff, tumbleweeds etc. Then there are seas of sand kind of desert.

Two ideas from maps I made long, long ago.

The first is from an single player RPG for my nephew - it is a single map with several "terrains" to it Focus only on the sandy bits for your needs - the view is from a salt lined watering hole (picture 1). It moves from lush grass to grassy soil to sand. further in to the "desert" I have a city/town that is being buried by dunes. (picture 2)

All sand with few doodads is a difficult thing to pass off. The great empty makes for difficulty in pathing for games.

The last two are of the Midlands - A landscape that is the process of dying.

Picture 3 midland heights which was once a fertile area, now becoming wasteland

Picture 4 is the river, which has shrank and has green trees and a bit of grass close to it.

Again these are very old images from maps I no longer have way back when I was first starting out. Perhaps they can give you some ideas.

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

sorry we came to an agreement that it was a snowy landscape. thanks anyway

 

[KKRP]

Here are some pics of Lorn V's terrain for reference:

 

[Mr.Jamaka2]

yea thats pretty much it thx